EPSON LQ-2180 Impact Printer

EPSON LQ-2180
Impact Printer
ULTRA-FAST, ULTRA-DEPENDABLE
LETTER-QUALITY IMPACT PRINTING FOR
DEMANDING BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS.
Faster. More reliable. More versatile. Combine
all three and you’ve got the EPSON ® LQ-2180 printer.
It can print at draft speeds of up to 480 cps, making
it one of the fastest 24 pin impact printers around. Its
MTBF rating is an impressive 10,000 Power-On-Hours
(POH) and its print head has a 400 million strokes/wire
rating. Translation The EPSON LQ-2180 gives you years
of high-quality, carefree printing.
Front, rear, bottom and top paper paths let you
print single sheet, continuous forms, multipart forms,
envelopes, labels, checks, greenbar forms, invoices
and more—all from the same printer. The EPSON
LQ-2180 can print up to 6-part forms (original + 5).
Plus, its zero tear-off paper handling eliminates wasted
pre-numbered and standard forms while saving both
time and money. In fact, the EPSON LQ-2180 is so
versatile, it’s the only impact printer your entire
department or office needs.
The EPSON LQ-2180 is ready to go right out of
the box. Popular Windows ® printer drivers are standard.
Add optional network interface boards and you can
quickly connect it to an Ethernet network or a Type B
device.
Whether you’re looking for your first letter-quality
impact printer or looking to upgrade, take a close look
at the EPSON LQ-2180, the ultra-reliable printer that
gives you more for your impact printing dollar.
FEATURES
BENEFITS
• 24-pin, wide Sharp, easy-to-read, letter-quality
carriage printing printing, even on multipart forms.
• Prints at up to 480 Printing tasks are completed faster
cps high speed draft than comparable 24-pin printers.
• Print up to 6-part Prints virtually any multipart form
(original + 5) with superior legibility on all parts
forms
• Zero tear-off Eliminates paper waste of both
paper handling pre-numbered and standard forms
• Front, Rear, Multiple paper paths allow printing of
Bottom and Top single sheet, continuous forms, labels,
paper paths
checks, multiple-size envelopes, spreadsheets,
greenbar forms and much more.
• Windows 3.1x, Compatible with most popular industry
Windows 95 and standard software.
Windows NT 3.51/4.0
printer drivers
• Optional Ethernet Easy connectivity to popular networks
and Type B
for use within a multi-platform environment.
interface cards
• MTBF rating of Ultra-dependable and trouble-free printing
10,000 POH with for the entire department or office.
400-million
strokes/wire
print head life

SPECIFICATIONS
PRINTER SPECIFICATIONS
Printing Method
24-pin, (12 x 2 staggered), impact dot matrix
Print Direction
Bidirectional with logic seeking
Print Speed
High Speed Draft 480 cps (10 cpi)
Draft
360 cps (10 cpi)
LQ
120 cps (10 cpi)
Print Characteristics
Character sets
14 international; 1 legal
Character code tables
13 tables: Italic, PC437, PC850, PC860, PC861,
PC863, PC865, Abicomp, BRASC II, Roman 8,
ISO Latin 1, PC858, 1508859-15
Bitmap fonts
EPSON Draft 10, 12, 15; EPSON Roman 10, 12, 15
proportional; EPSON Sans Serif 10, 12, 15
proportional; EPSON Courier 10, 12, 15 cpi; EPSON
Prestige 10, 12 cpi; EPSON Script 10 cpi; EPSON
OCR-B 10 cpi; EPSON Orator 10 cpi; EPSON
Orator-S 10 cpi; EPSON Script C Proportional
Scalable fonts
EPSON Roman 8 to 32 points; EPSON Sans Serif 8
to 32 points; EPSON Roman T 8 to 32 points;
EPSON Sans Serif H 8 to 32 points
Bar code fonts
EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39,
Code 128, PostNet
Printable Columns
Characters Per Line Character Pitch (CP)
10 cpi 136 10
10 cpi condensed 233 17.1
12 cpi 163 12
12 cpi condensed 272 20
15 cpi 204 15
Paper Handling
Cut sheet size (Single sheet or multipart)
Width 3.9-16.5" (100-420mm)
Length Max 16.5" (420mm)
Envelopes
No. 6, No. 10
Card
Width 3.9-7.8" (100-200mm)
Length Max 7.8" (200mm)
Continuous paper size
(Single sheet, multipart or labels)
Width 4.0-16.0" (101-406mm)
Length Max 22.0" (559mm)
Paper thickness
Cut sheet 0.0025-0.0055" (0.065-0.14mm)
Cut sheet multipart forms thickness
0.0047-0.018" (0.12-0.46mm)
Card thickness
0.0087" (0.22mm)
Continuous paper multipart forms thickness
0.0025-0.018"(0.065-0.46mm)
Paper feeding
Friction feed (front/rear); Push tractor feed
(front/rear); Push/pull tractor feed (front/rear);
Pull tractor feed (front/rear/bottom)
Copies
Original + 5 copies
Paper Handling (con’t)
Paper path
Cut sheet
Continuous paper
Line spacing
1/6" or programmable by 1/360"
Input data buffer
64KB or 0KB (user selectable)
Front/rear entry
Front/rear/bottom entry
Interface
Standard Bidirectional parallel interface
(IEEE-P1284 nibble mode supported)
Printer Language
ESC/P2 and IBM 2391+
(IBM ® ProPrinter compatible)
Reliability/Life Expectancy
MVBF (Mean Print Volume
Between Failure)
24 million lines
(except print head)
MTBF
10,000 power-on hours (POH)
@25% duty
Print head life
400 million strokes/wire
Ribbon life
8 million characters
(48 dots/character)
Control Panel
Buttons Operate, Pause, Load/Eject, LF/FF, Tear
Off/Bin, Font, Pitch selection
Indicators Pause, Paper Out, Micro Adjust, Tear
Off/Bin selection, Pitch selection, Font
selection
Sound Level
Approx. 54 dB(A) (ISO 7779 pattern)
Environmental Conditions
Temperature 41º to 95ºF; 5º to 35ºC
Humidity
10 to 80% RH
Power Requirements
Voltage 120V AC ± 10%
Frequency
50 to 60Hz
Power Consumption Approx. 52W
(ISO/IEC I0561 letter pattern)
Physical Dimensions
Width 25.16" Depth 15.82"
Length 10.11" Weight Approx. 28.7 lb
Product/Supplies Part Numbers
EPSON LQ-2180 printer
C272001
EPSON LQ-2180 ribbon fabric
S015086
Pull Tractor Unit
C800321
High Capacity Cut Sheet Feeder
C806731
Second-Bin Cut Sheet Feeder
C806741
Interfaces—Type B
Serial
C823051
32KB Serial
C823071
Bidirectional Parallel
C823452
Multiprotocol Ethernet Print Server
C823622
Multiprotocol Ethernet Print Server 10/100
C823642
Twinax
C823151
Coax
C823141
Warranty
Two year limited in the U.S. and Canada
Support–The Epson Connection TM
Pre-Sales Support U.S. and Canada 800-463-7766
Automated Technical Support 800-922-8911
Download Service 800-442-2007
Internet Website
http://www.epson.com
Epson America, Inc.
20770 Madrona Ave., Torrance, CA 90503
Epson Canada, Ltd.
550 McNicoll, Willowdale, Ontario M2H 2E1
Epson Latin America, Inc.
6303 Blue Lagoon Drive, Miami, FL 33126 1-305-265-0092
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Printed on recycled paper